Yemen Celebrates As President Steps Down

Yemen's authoritarian President Ali Abdullah Saleh agreed Nov. 23 to step down amid a fierce uprising to oust him after 33 years in power.

In this image made from video broadcast by Yemen State TV and accessed via APTN, Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh signs a document agreeing to step down after a long-running uprising to oust him from 33 years in power in Riyad, Saudi Arabia, Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2011. 

Saleh, seated beside Saudi King Abdullah in the Saudi capital Riyadh, signed a U.S.-backed deal hammered out by his country's powerful Gulf Arab neighbors to transfer his power within 30 days to his vice president, Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi.

In this April 15, 2011 file photo, Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh waves to his supporters, not pictured, during a rally in Sanaa,Yemen after returned from medical treatment in Saudi Arabia. 

Saleh has signed an agreement to transfer power to his vice president. Saleh was shown on Arabic satellite television stations Wednesday Nov. 23, 2011signing a proposal by his country's powerful Gulf Arab neighbors to end his country's 9-month old uprising.

Yemeni female protestors march during a demonstration demanding the resignation of Yemen's President Ali Abdullah Saleh in Sanaa, Yemen, Monday, Nov. 21, 2011.

Arabic on the banner reads, "people are free, and they reject immunity and guarantee Saleh."